As promised, I have a fun new idea for you with a free download. And, it's just in time for Christmas. Now, for all you who don't like any mention of anything intimate (even within marriage), then you'll probably wanna mosey away from this blog right now.

With that said, I love this idea and find it so very clever! I don't think it's dirty in the least bit, rather an exciting Christmas present that any husband would die for!

A friend of mine came up with this and asked that I keep her anonymous. But I asked if I could share the inspiration behind her idea and she agreed to let me post her words:

"Around Christmas time it's easy to forget what it's all about, and I tend to get stressed out about the presents and money, and the never ending to-do list of shopping, cooking, wrapping, mailing, etc.And my husband gets a crazy, frazzled wife to deal with through the holidays.

Well, the other day I was (already) stressing about what to get everyone for Christmas with a very low bank account, and I asked my husband what our budget was and what he wanted. He replied, "You KNOW what I want." I just laughed at him and said, "No really, what do you want?" He just looked at me and said, "Why can't I want that? I just want you." Anyway, we kept talking and he said he really just wanted to use the little money we had to get the kids some presents- and he didn't need anything- just me.

Afterward, I started thinking and realized- you know, I don't think he's just being nice- I think that's REALLY all he wants. Of course, I'm probably going to make him a couple of other small presents- but I'm excited to surprise him with the 12 Lays of Christmas. Because I know he's going to love it- and I know it's going to help me remember what it's all about. So this year I'm giving my husband a happy, stress-free wife- and a lot of lovin'. :) There's nothing better than giving yourself!!!"

Amen! Here's the idea:

The night before the 12 Lays of Christmas starts (Dec. 13th) leave this note for your husband, explaining how it will work (basically that you two are going to be making love every night for 12 days straight leading up to Christmas):

Along with the note, you can also leave a pocket advent calendar to count down the 12 Lays of Christmas. It’s really easy- you just get a pack of Dentyne gum (or any brand that has 12 pieces of gum in a pack) On the back of each square of gum, use a sharpie to label the numbers 1-12. That way, they can eat a piece of gum each day of the 12 Lays of Christmas. (If you want, you can also replace the Dentyne label with your own decorative label) Attach this note to the gum…

And remember what I say,It must be done every day.Just so you won’t forget-Grab this pack and your set.You can’t chew your piece of gum,Until the deed is really done.

Then, leave a small present (the idea for each present is in bold text at the end of the post) each day for your spouse to find along with the accompanying note, to remind them that “the deed must be done every day.”

Here are the notes I made to go along with each day's little gift.{click to enlarge}

You can download the entire set of Notes & Gum Pack Label at: 4shared HERE (must be logged in)

142 comments:

Oh, this will be GREAT! We have given each other a very small limit this year and my husband said all he really wanted was for us to have a credit-card-less Christmas. And I honestly wasn't able to come up with anything for him. (And it was going to be hard to top my gift last year, which was a "For His Eyes Only" mini-album with "fun" pictures of me.) My only problem is that I will be having a nasty little *ahem* "friend" visiting right before Christmas. So, I think I'll give him the pack of gum on Christmas and we'll start our 12 Days then. Great idea!!!

Thanks for your comments, ladies. I am excited for all of your husbands! Jia, you are right. It is Genius.... I wish I credit the genius behind it. :) But, I'm glad she can read all the comments here and know how much of a genius she really is! :)

This is just what I needed, this year Christmas is a little too practical for my taste (getting things we need and no surprises) and I've been trying to think of something for my hubby that would be inexpensive, fun, and a surprise.

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I'm going to be putting the kit together for a bunch of my fellow wives as Christmas gifts for them too - but they will be sworn to secrecy not to tell their husbands the idea came from me. Hopefully the boys don't talk. I couldn't wait for Christmas before and now I really really can't wait!

Brilliant. My husband has enjoyed every date night I have done from this blog. I just know he will love this one! I have been l ooking for ideas for date nights for a while now and the date ideas from this blog have put so much fun into our marriage! Thank you for the downloads too. They are great!

Thanks so much for sharing the text at the end. When I read about Red Hots and Mountain Dew (neither of which my hubby likes), I thought: Man, I'm gonna have to change that and re-type all of these cards so they'll match, but then you saved me. So thanks again for the thoughtfulness.

i LOVE it!!!! This year we swore to keep our christmas 100% home-made and I know what I'm making for everyone else except for him, He will totally love this thank your friend on my husband's behalf ahead of time, lol

I LOVE this idea! Every year that's what my husband always says... all he wants is ME! It makes it so hard to shop for him! So this will be perfect! I just hope I can find everything for it. I've actually never shopped for lingerie and I've never owned any, so that will be interesting. I've always liked the 12 days of Christmas song and anything that has to do with it because my birthday is on Dec. 13th and the first of the 12 days is right after my birthday. So much fun!

btw, I raved about this on my bloghttp://marriedwithchildren-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/great-christmas-gift-idea-for-your.htmland with my facebook friends and they are going nuts over it, you saved christmas!

I LOVE this idea! I was trying to think of something for the man who has everything! whenever he wants something, he buys it, and so I don't think he's EVER had a christmas present under the tree, so this is a fun idea! He'll get 12 days of little presents... I think I'll leave the presents in his lunchbox! Thanks so much for all of your FABULOUS ideas! You're ideas have definitely pulled my hubby and I out of a rut! Thanks a million!

Has anyone else had problems downloading this file. It says it's on my pc from the 4shared link but when it asks what program to use to open it..anyone I select just shows jibberish. Need advice ASAP...Christmas is days away and this is all he's getting:)

Oh how I love this idea! I might tweak it a bit as time may prohibit one or two of the "lays", but this is terrific. When I found this a few days ago tears sprang into my eyes as I read through it! My hubby is a very dedicated cop working nights this holiday season and so even though some of these may not happen on the right days, I'm sure we will add a lot of love to our Christmas with this cute idea. Thanks so much!

Oh my this is brilliant. I debated whether or not to do it and at the last second decided to. So THANKFUL I did. My cute hubby was so moved little tears rolled down his cheeks while he said "I have NEVER had a gift this good and meaningful in my life". Wahoo for this fun gift!

Oh my this is brilliant. I debated whether or not to do it and at the last second decided to. So THANKFUL I did. My cute hubby was so moved little tears rolled down his cheeks while he said "I have NEVER had a gift this good and meaningful in my life". Wahoo for this fun gift!

Oh my this is brilliant. I debated whether or not to do it and at the last second decided to. So THANKFUL I did. My cute hubby was so moved little tears rolled down his cheeks while he said "I have NEVER had a gift this good and meaningful in my life". Wahoo for this fun gift!

Hi Thank you for this! For those of you having a hard time printing just click on each image, right click - select view image, then enlarge it and print it in your browser. I just printed it out this way.

Hello,So I am planning on doing this for my hubby this year!! I am still having trouble finding some pear body scrub so I will just have to figure something out. My question though is if you start the process with Day 1 on December 13th or if Day 1 doesn't start till December 14th you just give tell your hubby on Dec. 13 what you are doing? If someone could get back to me that would be great!Thanks and perfect idea!!! :):)

Ok I finally got it to print. Just an FYI, my local Walmart DID NOT carry any of the "pop out" gum. I went to a convenience store and Super Target who both carried the "pop out" gum only to learn that they now come in 16 packs (2 8-packs). Use one of the 8-packs and cut the other one in 1/2. Using a piece of tape I cut length ways in half, I taped them together and viola, 12 pack once again!

My husband and I just got married on 12-12-12 and I gave this to him the next day. What a great way to start the first couple weeks of a marriage! We absolutely love it!! Thank you so much for this amazingly creative idea!

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I'm a little upset because I wanted to print out the "12 lays of Christmas" and each time I click the link to download it doesn't exist. Any way someone has these printables and can send me the real link?????

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